Gbenga Akinnagbe

Q: Has Gbenga Akinnagbe won any awards?

As of now, Gbenga Akinnagbe has not won major acting awards but has received critical acclaim for his performances, particularly in television.

Q: What was Gbenga Akinnagbe's first film?

Gbenga Akinnagbe made his film debut in 'The Taking of Pelham 123' in 2009, which helped launch his acting career.

Q: What character did Gbenga Akinnagbe play in 'The Wire'?

In 'The Wire', Gbenga Akinnagbe portrayed Chris Partlow, a key character known for his involvement in the drug trade and his complex relationship with other characters.

Q: What is Gbenga Akinnagbe's background?

Gbenga Akinnagbe was born in Washington, D.C., and is of Nigerian descent. His cultural background influences his acting and choice of roles.

Q: How many children does Gbenga Akinnagbe have?

Gbenga Akinnagbe has two children, although their names are not publicly known.

Q: What is Gbenga Akinnagbe's estimated net worth?

Gbenga Akinnagbe's estimated net worth is around $2 million, reflecting his successful career in acting.

Q: What genres does Gbenga Akinnagbe typically work in?

Gbenga Akinnagbe is primarily known for his work in crime and drama genres, often portraying intense and multifaceted characters.

Known for

Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)

IMDb 5.2 / 10

2016 / Action, Adventure / 120 min

We always knew they were coming back. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect...

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)

IMDb 6.4 / 10

2009 / Action, Adventure / 106mins

Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work...

The Sun Is Also a Star (2019)

IMDb 5.9 / 10

2019 / Drama, Music / 95mins

Natasha and her family have less than 24 hours before they are scheduled to be deported from New York to Jamaica. Further complications arise...

Name

Gbenga Akinnagbe

Height

6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)

Born

24 November 1978, Washington, D.C., USA

Spouses

N/A

Children

2; names not publicly known

Parents

Abiola Akinnagbe, Olubunmi Akinnagbe

Estimated Net Worth

$2 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2026	Movie The Social Reckoning Frances Haugen, a young Facebook engineer, enlists the help of Jeff Horwitz, a Wall Street Journal reporter, to go on...	Unknown character	Not rated
2026	Movie American Muscle A desperate mechanic's plan to escape his past unravels when his sister returns home and two violent debt collectors close...	Unknown character	Not rated
2026	Movie Starbright A young woman becomes the guardian of a fallen star, which she must protect from dangerous forces with the help...	Peter	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2025	Movie A House of Dynamite When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and...	Major General Steven Kyle	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2025	Movie Trail of Vengeance In 1875, Katherine's life is shattered when her beloved husband Caleb falls victim to a murder orchestrated by the nefarious...	John Scobell	TMDB 4.2 / 10
2024	Movie The Thicket An innocent young man, Jack, goes on an epic quest to rescue his sister Lula after she has been kidnapped...	Eustace	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2024	Movie Rob Peace An underprivileged, gifted young black man from Newark reaches Yale University, only for shadows and injustices from his past to...	Carl	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2023	Movie Fast Charlie When his aging mob boss is whacked, Charlie Swift, a loyal friend and hired gun, will stop at nothing to...	Beggar	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2023	Movie Asphalt City A young paramedic is paired with a seasoned partner on the night shift in New York revealing a city in...	Verdis	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2022	Movie Sleep No More Two brothers barely scrape by as their father continues to gamble and drink away the money they do bring home.	Roman	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2022	TV The Old Man Dan Chase absconded from the CIA decades ago and now lives off the grid. When an assassin arrives and tries...	Julian Carson	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2022	Movie Merry Wives Experience Shakespeare’s comedic masterpiece from the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park. Set in South Harlem, the play tells the...	Mister Nduka Ford	Not rated
2021	Movie Reopening Night This documentary follows the cast, crew and staff of the world-famous Public Theater as they prepare to mount an all-black...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2021	Movie Passing In 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former...	Dave	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2020	TV Power Book II: Ghost Picking up just days after the “Power” finale, this sequel series follows Tariq navigating his new life, in which his...	Ron Samuel Jenkins	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2020	Movie Pitch Black Panacea Amy and Carl both have lazy eyes. Amy’s left and Carl’s right. They are strangers, volunteers for an unusual, life-altering...	Carl (voice)	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2020	Movie 16 Bars This story follows Drew (played by emerging musical artist, Vyse), an aspiring young rapper as he is faced with the...	Deacon	Not rated
2020	Movie Goldie Goldie, a precocious teenager in a family shelter, wages war against the system to keep her sisters together while she...	Richard	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2020	TV FBI: Most Wanted The Fugitive Task Force relentlessly tracks and captures the notorious criminals on the Bureau's Most Wanted list. Seasoned agents oversee...	James Johnson	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2019	TV Modern Love An unlikely friendship. A lost love resurfaced. A marriage at its turning point. A date that might not have been...	Jordan	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2019	TV Evil Skeptical forensic psychologist Kristen Bouchard joins priest-in-training David Acosta and technology expert Ben Shakir as they investigate supposed miracles, demonic...	Lando Mutabazi	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2019	TV Wu-Tang: An American Saga In the early 1990s in New York, during the height of the crack cocaine epidemic, a visionary musician named Bobby...	Mook	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2019	Movie The Sun Is Also a Star Two young New Yorkers begin to fall in love over the course of a single day, as a series of...	Samuel Kingsley	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2019	Movie DC Noir A crime anthology film based on George Pelecanos' book of the same title.	Detective Mitch Brooks	TMDB 3.2 / 10
2019	Movie Rogers and Tilden Fresh out of prison in a Brooklyn he barely recognizes, Marcus (Gbenga Akinnagbe) is looking to seize his second chance....	Marcus	Not rated
2019	Movie EGG Two couples and a surrogate lay bare the complications, contradictions, heartbreak, and absurdities implicit in how we think about motherhood.	Wayne	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2018	Movie All the Devil's Men A battle-scarred War on Terror bounty hunter is forced to go to London on a manhunt for a disavowed CIA...	Samuelson	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2017	Movie The Hammer When prison boxer George "The Hammer" Martin is offered freedom for fighting in the 1984 Olympics, he says no in...	George	TMDB 3.6 / 10
2017	TV The Deuce The story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early...	Larry Brown	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2017	Movie Crown Heights When Colin Warner was wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend Carl King devoted his life to proving his innocence.	Sampson	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2017	Movie Mad Genius A young mad genius attempts to 'hack the human mind' in order to fix humanity.	Sun Moon	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2017	Movie Detroit A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the...	Aubrey Pollard Sr.	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2017	TV Genius The life stories of history's greatest minds. From their days as young adults to their final years we see their...	Earl Little	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2017	Movie Detour A young law student, grieving for his dying mother, struggles to decide whether he should kill his unfaithful step-father.	Michael Andrews	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2016	Movie Independence Day: Resurgence We always knew they were coming back. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense...	Agent Matthew Travis	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2016	Movie Paranormal Abduction Having recently escaped a brutal assault at the hands of psycho Frank, Rebekah Lakin finds herself a shadow of who...	Alex Chandler	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2016	TV Mercy Street Follows the lives of two volunteer nurses on opposing sides of the Civil War - New England abolitionist Mary Phinney...	Saga	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2015	TV Chicago Med An emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the city's most explosive hospital and the courageous team of doctors...	David Goodwin	TMDB 8.3 / 10
2015	TV Limitless Brian Finch's life takes an extraordinary turn when he uses NZT-48, a neuroenhancing drug whose mystery and chaos lead him...	Quentin Walker	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2015	Movie Knucklehead When his brother disappears, mentally disabled Langston Bellows (Gbenga Akinnagbe) is left without a protector in Brooklyn's housing projects. Now...	Langston	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2014	Movie Phantom Halo Two brothers barely scrape by as their father continues to gamble and drink away the money they do bring home....	Roman	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2014	Movie Wyatt Cenac: Brooklyn Wyatt Cenac heads to Brooklyn to share his observations on the borough that's the backdrop for three sitcoms and a...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2014	TV Madam Secretary After years away from the CIA, Elizabeth McCord is pulled back into the political arena. The newly appointed Secretary of...	Chris Santumari	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2014	Movie Fort Bliss After returning home from an extended tour in Afghanistan, a decorated U.S. Army medic and single mother struggles to rebuild...	Sgt. Butcher	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2014	Movie Mall Malcom's done with his life. Only the noise of Crystal Meth gives him a reason to keep going - everything...	Michel	TMDB 4.6 / 10
2014	Movie Render to Caesar Two ace detectives stalk a psychotic crime lord in the urban jungle of Africa's most populous city.	Dipo	Not rated
2013	Movie Home The story of a man suffering from mental illness who attempts to rebuild his life.	Jack Hall	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2013	TV The Blacklist Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He...	Boukman Baptiste	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2013	Movie Big Words Members of a once-promising hip-hop group, now in their late 30s, struggle with regret, disappointment, and change on Election Night...	James	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2013	TV Graceland In Southern California, a beachfront property was seized and turned into a residence for undercover cops. They are all top...	Jeremiah Bello	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2013	Movie Sweet, Sweet Country Living in a small Southern town, 20 year-old refugee Ndizeye, struggles to support not only herself, but the family she...	Ernesto	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2013	TV The Following Notorious serial killer Joe Carroll, after being found guilty of murdering 14 female students on the Virginia college campus where...	Tom Reyes	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2013	Movie The Funtime Gang Following the cancellation of their long running kids show, the costumed members of The Funtime Gang are thrust into the...	Inmate	Not rated
2013	Movie Children of the Wind Two brothers and a cousin journey from humble fishing families on the tiny Caribbean island of Bonaire to become three...	Narrator (voice)	Not rated
2012	TV Elementary A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in...	Jeremy Lopez	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2012	TV The Unknown	Vincent	Not rated
2012	Movie Overnight After breaking up with her boyfriend on Valentine's Day, Jenny shares a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to New York...	TMJ	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2011	TV A Gifted Man A talented but self-absorbed surgeon starts questioning his purpose in life when he is visited by the spirit of his...	Dr. Leo 'Bax' Baxter	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2011	Movie Pharoahe Monch - Clap (One Day) Short film about a police raid gone horribly wrong, featuring music by Pharoahe Monch.	Unknown character	Not rated
2010	TV Blue Bloods A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New...	Pierre	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2010	TV Chase Chase is an American police procedural drama television series created by Jennifer Johnson for the NBC network. The series follows...	John Macon	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2010	Movie Lottery Ticket Kevin Carson is a young man living in the projects who has to survive a three-day weekend after his opportunistic...	Lorenzo	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2010	Movie Edge of Darkness As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the...	Detective Darcy Jones	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2009	TV The Good Wife Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and...	Pastor Isaiah Easton	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2009	TV Dark Blue Wandering in and out of he underbelly of Los Angeles, where criminals roam free under the veil of night or...	Dante Rollings	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2009	Movie Maggie Hill About Maggie Hill	Elliot Springer	Not rated
2009	Movie The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning...	Wallace, hostage	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2009	TV Nurse Jackie Every day is a matter of life and death in a hectic New York City hospital, but for Nurse Jackie...	Kelly Slater	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2008	TV Fringe FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist Walter Bishop and his scheming, reluctant son Peter uncover a...	Akim	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2007	Movie The Wire: The Last Word A documentary exploring the role of the media in relation to the acclaimed series The Wire.	Self	TMDB 1.5 / 10
2007	Movie The Wire Odyssey A retrospective documentary of the first four seasons of the acclaimed series The Wire.	Self	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2007	Movie The Savages A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.	Jimmy	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2007	TV Damages Damages is an American legal thriller television series created by the writing and production trio of Daniel Zelman and brothers...	Walid Cooper	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2006	TV Conviction A fast-paced character-oriented story, focuses on the lives and loves of the young assistant district attorneys in New York, following...	Calvin Wade	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2005	Movie They're Made Out of Meat After years of investigation, an alien meets with his partner in a diner to discuss an unbelievably shocking discovery.	Merlin	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2005	TV Barbershop Calvin Palmer is the owner of a barbershop on the Southside of Chicago. Reluctantly inheriting the neighborhood establishment and popular hangout from his...	Yinka	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2005	TV Numb3rs Inspired by actual cases and experiences, Numb3rs depicts the confluence of police work and mathematics in solving crime as an...	Ben Ellis	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2003	TV Cold Case The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved....	Victor Nash	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2002	TV The Wire Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures...	Chris Partlow	TMDB 8.6 / 10
2001	TV 24 Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode...	Erik Ritter	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1999	TV Law & Order: Special Victims Unit In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate...	Elijah Okello	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1999	TV Law & Order: Special Victims Unit In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate...	Father Biobaku	TMDB 7.9 / 10
TBA	Movie Dreams of the Moon Lucy is a fearless young Black girl whose dream of becoming an astronaut collides with the extraordinary moment NASA astronauts...	Tunde	Not rated
TBA	Movie Check Me in Another Place	Unknown character	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2019	Movie DC Noir A crime anthology film based on George Pelecanos' book of the same title.	Director Directing	TMDB 3.2 / 10
2014	Movie Wyatt Cenac: Brooklyn Wyatt Cenac heads to Brooklyn to share his observations on the borough that's the backdrop for three sitcoms and a...	Thanks Crew	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2013	Movie Home The story of a man suffering from mental illness who attempts to rebuild his life.	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2013	Movie Newlyweeds A match made in stoner heaven turns into a love triangle gone awry when Lyle can't decide which matters most,...	Producer Production	TMDB 4.2 / 10

American Muscle

2026

Starbright

2026 / TMDB 5.9

A House of Dynamite

2025 / TMDB 6.4

Trail of Vengeance

2025 / TMDB 4.2

The Thicket

2024 / TMDB 6.4

Rob Peace

2024 / TMDB 6.8

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Has Gbenga Akinnagbe won any awards?

What was Gbenga Akinnagbe's first film?

What character did Gbenga Akinnagbe play in 'The Wire'?

What is Gbenga Akinnagbe's background?

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What is Gbenga Akinnagbe's estimated net worth?

What genres does Gbenga Akinnagbe typically work in?